Award-Winning Technologies

Not a year goes by without NASA’s pioneering technological innovations garnering awards from Government, industry, and research institutions. Some of these, such as lifesaving seismic dampers and tapes for detecting dangerous hydrogen leaks, are spinoff technologies, while others are first-time breakthroughs, like the use of lasers for long-distance communications or groundbreaking research into supernova remnants, neutron stars, and black holes.